Penn State frat charged after woman fell 8 floors
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A Penn State University fraternity was charged with illegally providing alcohol to a 20-year-old female student who fell from her eighth-floor apartment window.
Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity was charged yesterday with selling or furnishing alcohol to minors, State College police detective Joe Grego said today.
Natalie Paglione, of Ambler in suburban Philadelphia, was drinking at a TKE party at an apartment near campus on Sept. 8 before she returned to her apartment, authorities said. It was unclear how she managed to fall out of her bedroom window, but police said Paglione had a blood-alcohol level of 0.135 percent, well above the legal limit for driving.
Paglione sustained injuries to her back, arms and legs and had to have a kidney removed at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. She has since been discharged and was recovering at her home.
TKE president Brad Andrew Nelson, who Grego said was involved in providing the alcohol, did not immediately return a call seeking comment from The Associated Press.
If convicted, the fraternity would likely face a fine, authorities said.
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Thankfully it didn't occur in their house, or they would've been in a lot more trouble legally. The only thing they can really be held responsible for is furnishing alcohol to minors, which isn't too big of a fine. It sucks though
Penn State Teke's in trouble
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